Chapter 76: Uh Oh x2 - The Calm
"...Adrei, you can still afford your strength, right?"
"Mmm. What is it? Do you perhaps-"
"Stop thinking lewd stuff and look up for a moment."
The Witch Demond sighed as she pointed upwards in Adrei’s embrace, the fog’s fabric coiling and toiling away as Adrei blinked. "Ah, the barrier you used against the gargolytes are..."
"Yes, it is disspaiting. I....I think I’m going to faint..." A reluctant tone was voiced behind layers of pride, as Adrei chuckled at the childishness before pinching the witch’s cheek. "Go ahead. I’ll take care of the rest."
"...then...wait." Demond frowned, narrowed her eyes over Adrei’s shoulder, and blinked before tapping the Dragon’s shoulder, her ears perking up at a giggle of the leaves against rubbles. "Behind you, uh...you didn’t forget about Adil, right?"
"Of course, who could have forgotten the one who brought our honeymoon to a screeching halt in the first place?" The dragon patted the witch’s head as she glanced behind, her arm still on the her wife’s waist, before admiring Adil’s new form with green silken hair, sharp silver eyes, and a tall visage. The Dragon could sense the roots had completely rewritten her scars, like a homecoming that is well-prepared for.
"Adil...this..." A wry smile curled up on the old friend’s youthful form, her utter shock apparent in her gaping cheeks.
"...Demond, if you are going to faint, faint now." The Protector of Rouen sighed, the witch’s newfound embarrassment and curiosity flaring up a slight irriation like being looked at as the cage animal.
"I mean...old friend, haha, right." Hesitation belied even the war veteran, for Adil’s transformation is formally marked as one of the ’top ten most shocking moments an adventurer can experience’, a video that would sure get clicks from Adil’s stern beauty and...wow, very large assets. How does an old hag who used to stumble with every step turn into this steady, dignified self again?
"So, it is over." Adil calmly sighed, the root carrassing her cheek like a naughty child sensing her parent’s pain. Adrei and the Witch glanced at the Druid in their embrace. A never-before-seen solemness and solace came under the expressionless, no-nonsense attitude, and despite their curiosity, their sympathy couldn’t help but be drawn as Adrei’s arms grew tighter, as if everything happened within a flash.